“It’s really, really close, but there are a lot of things that surround the NXE, that are part of the experience, that aren’t necessarily in the code that lives in your console, and all of those need to be 100 percent done as well, not just the console code.

“So, we’re still just buttoning up all those loose ends, making sure everything works just right. The public preview is a chance for some people to get a taste of it. They’ll probably notice a few things moving around during the preview, but we’re almost done, and on the 19th we’ll be ready for everybody.”

Trixie360’s hot. She sounds hot. She may not be hot. Go and find out! You can meet all the chaps from the Major Nelson podcast, including the man himself, e and Trixie at PAX if you’re in Seattle this weekend. Details from Nelson’s blog: Who: Me, e, litheon, Trixie360 some of the Gamerscore blog folks […]

Earlier today we told you about ReddX, the new reddit app for Xbox One. It comes complete with achievements that when unlocked offer up an image of Microsoft community manager Major Nelson cosplaying as an internet meme. We’ve got all the images here.

Rare’s told VG247 that the Xbox community “may” receive features allowing them to create their own Avatar kit, saying that user-generation was simply too big a deal to force into NXE’s launch last year. “User-generated content is a huge area that would not have been done any justice if we had tried to cram it […]